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oh oh oh! definatly the best ep soo far
everything was balanced out well...humor, amazing fight scenes, randomness (in a good way), touchy sad scenes and yet again a kiss thats out of this world
setsuna lived up more than my expectations...totally love and she kicks some ass! forward to the next arc with satisfaction ^_^

I'll reserve judgment on this episode for now, though my initial impulse is to put it at a 9... I wanna wait and see it subbed. For all I know, the dialogue could be horrible, but I'm more optimistic about it than I sound.

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Setsuna's wings definately make for a fantastic episode, and seeing Nodoka and Konoka with cool pactio forms made it worth while... Though the useless animal forms are irritating, is there any reason those exist to begin with? I kinda would've liked to see Konoka with fans rather than those stick things she attacks with, but that's probably an initial impulse that's just gonna fade away... I would've also liked to see her get her own pactio activation, rather than just getting thrown in with everyone else.

When it comes to Shinbo being tied down to Negima for multiple seasons, keep in mind that he also directed the first season of Mahou Shoujo Lyrical Nanoha, a show that is about to start its third season next year. Yet, when it came to A's and Strikers, Shinbo wasn't involved in those seasons.

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I sincerely hope that to be the case (fingers crossed) (basic 4 but I'd be surprised if Yue didn't tag in as well).

I definitely agree that if Negi does makes another Pactio outside of the basic 4, Yue will be one of them (especially given the time period that the new series was first announced). However, I'd also add Ku Fei to the list as well, given how her role became more prominemt after the Kyoto arc and the fact that the Pactio system is different this time around.

What are those things that konoka uses? First time I've seen such weapons... (I'm guesing that the fans would be in her cosplay card then...)

As for the pokemon route I think it won't be so bad IF there is a long time period between each pactio. (ala ep 3 to 4 transition wherein nodoka became ministra a year after asuna) The next arc can simply happen a month or two after ep6's events and it would be believable that negi makes a new pactio again.

i'm a bit disappointed how SHAFT is going with the "partner" plot.
it's true the scenario is a fresh breath, but some parts of the original story are really missing, especially for Asuna, Konoka and Setsuna

Spoiler for MAJOR, don't read it until you have read at least the 5-6th volume:

their personnal power comes from the contract and isn't innate (for the moment). with that point, they are just butchering a bit their background :
-asuna : there is almost no more possibility to connect her with the Mahou part of the world of negima (her relationship with takahata was greatly toned down, she doesn't have a shady background along with her innate magic cancelling ability, so connecting her with thousand master will be hard)
-Konoka : well... without the kyoto arc, she simply lost her "mage inheritance"
-Setsuna : it's sad that their current relationship is simply "true friends" with romantic contrast (the fact she is protecting konoka openly right from the start changes the perspective)

and because of the contract, her "wings" are now considered as part of the contract, which removes some depth of setsuna true personality (the choice of her duty, the distance between her and konoka, etc)

the retold story is nice, but we are losing some depth of character relationship/background, i'm afraid :/

i'm aware this should definitavely be separated from the original story, but it's really too bad it doesn't keep some important origins for the main characters (especially that SHAFT could do this)

i'm a bit disappointed how SHAFT is going with the "partner" plot.
it's true the scenario is a fresh breath, but some parts of the original story are really missing, especially for Asuna, Konoka and Setsuna

Spoiler for MAJOR, don't read it until you have read at least the 5-6th volume:

their personnal power comes from the contract and isn't innate (for the moment). with that point, they are just butchering a bit their background :
-asuna : there is almost no more possibility to connect her with the Mahou part of the world of negima (her relationship with takahata was greatly toned down, she doesn't have a shady background along with her innate magic cancelling ability, so connecting her with thousand master will be hard)
-Konoka : well... without the kyoto arc, she simply lost her "mage inheritance"
-Setsuna : it's sad that their current relationship is simply "true friends" with romantic contrast (the fact she is protecting konoka openly right from the start changes the perspective)

and because of the contract, her "wings" are now considered as part of the contract, which removes some depth of setsuna true personality (the choice of her duty, the distance between her and konoka, etc)

About Asuna, though, in the spring OVA, didn't she activate her own pactio and invoke her fan? I've been assuming that was a screw up, but maybe it's a hint that they'll be able to invoke their own pactio's later? We can hope, anyways.

The OVA's go with the original Negima! storyline so the pactio system seen in them corresponds with the manga by Ken Akamatsu, thus Asuna can invoke her fan.

It can not possibly be a hint since the OVA's are from the NEGIMA! continuity while the TV series is from NEGIMA!? which has introduced different rules about the partner systems.

I do hope that Negi learns later on that it's not a good idea to activate all his ministra at once cause in the best case scenario: ARMOR card all, they lose powers at the same time, while at the worst: SUKA card all, leaves them vulnerable.

the weird part of the OVA, supposed to follow the original story, is in fact the fan : Asuna summons in a rush, Hama no Tsurugi [ENSIS EXORCIZANS] in its real form, the burster blade, while in this, it's the fan only.
(in fact, this is the very first time she could summon it its true form. later on, she could do this under an intense emotion at the tournament, THEN with kanka, she can summon the burster sword at will instead of the fan.)

but meh... this is probably the original story with several mix of ! and !? features altogether.

Both where pretty amazing with 5 being better to me for the pure insanity and most importantly chiu screentime (Yes like negi I too...am a chiu fan... )

Im still on the fence on how the contracts are working and such. Until I see just how many they plan to do ill reserve judgement on that heh. But overall thus far the new series has struck a sort of insanely paced balance between action and humor wrapped in some stunning animation.

does that girl always playing with guns ever do anything in this series?

Since the series hasn't finished airing that question can't be answered yet unless someone has a future-cam.

Her name is Mana Tatsumiya, she's plays a significant role in the manga (as heavy duty fire support and such) but she's rather secretive. It isn't until the later volumes you start to get her backstory.

The only problem I've had with her in this interpretation of Negima!? is that Mana does not normally spend her time cleaning or even displaying her weaponry. Most of the cast thinks she's just a shrine maiden (her public day job).